Zhang Fei was a famous general of the Shu Han Dynasty during the Three Kingdoms period. He was brave and brave, and together with Guan Yu was called "Ten Thousand Enemies". So, what about the military ability of his eldest son Zhang Bao? Later generations wrote a poem to describe Zhang Bao's life: "The brave Zhang Bao wants to make achievements, and poor heaven does not help the hero!" Wu Hou's tears spilled into the west wind, bowing for the sake of no one. ”
The novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms says that Zhang Bao and Guan Yu's second son Guan Xing were good brothers, and the two were called "Xiao Guan Zhang", and the weapon he used was his father Zhang Fei's family heirloom snake spear. He was as brave and fierce as his father, but his combat effectiveness was still slightly inferior to Zhang Fei's. Among his peers, Zhang Bao's combat effectiveness belonged to the upper middle level.
Zhang Bao's first battle was to avenge his father and fight against the State of Wu. In the rendition, he fought with the Wu general Xie Jing for a full thirty rounds. After defeating him, he fought Li Yi again, and the two were on par. Wu general Tan Xiong saw that Li Yi could not defeat the brave Zhang Bao, so he put a cold arrow outside and shot Zhang Bao's mount, which made him suffer a loss. If it weren't for the wheel war he had suffered before, it's hard to say who would win or lose. This battle has the wind and bone of his father on the battlefield.
In April of the seventh year of the Shu Han Dynasty, Zhuge Liang's second son went out of Qishan to cut down Wei. The army attacked yinping and wudu all the way, and he sent four generals, Wang Ping, Jiang Wei, Guan Xing, and Zhang Bao, to attack and kill the Wei generals Guo Huai and Sun Li. Guan Xing and Zhang Bao divided their troops into two routes and surrounded Guo Huai and Sun Li's troops. He and Guan Xing were both descendants of famous generals, and their combat effectiveness was not weak, defeating Guo and Sun. Wei general had no choice but to give up riding and climb the mountain.
Guo Huai took office after Zhang Gao's death as a general who fought against the Shu army. Militarily, he was able to subdue the Hu people. When he fought with Jiang Wei, he even saw through Jiang Wei's plan and let him eat two defeats in a row. Therefore, Guo Huai's ability is self-evident. And Guan Xing and Zhang Bao were able to defeat him, which showed that the combat effectiveness of the two was not much weaker.
However, what is unexpected is that Zhang Bao saw that Guo Huai and the two were going to escape, so he rode after them, who knew that he and the horses fell into the stream together. The Shu army, who then arrived, immediately rescued him and sent him back to the military camp for treatment. Zhuge Liang saw that his head was broken and his injuries were more serious, so he sent someone to send him back to Chengdu for recuperation and continued the Northern Expedition himself.
Not long after, Chengdu came to report that Zhang Bao, who was in full swing, died of a brain trauma and has since withdrawn from the stage of history. When Zhuge Liang learned of this, he actually cried loudly, even spit blood, and fell to the ground. The others hurried to let the doctor treat him, and Zhuge Liang woke up. Since then, he has been bedridden.
From Zhuge Liang's performance, it can be seen that he is very sorry for Zhang Bao's death. On the one hand, it is a love and care for the younger generations, and on the other hand, it is sad that the Shu kingdom has lost another general. From the side, zhang Bao's combat ability was also reflected, otherwise Zhuge Liang would not have vomited blood after learning the bad news of his death.